Harold Redman

Lieutenant General Sir Harold Redman, KCB, CBE (25 August 1899 – 1986) was a senior British Army officer and Governor of Gibraltar.

[1][2] He served in India and was the aide-de-camp to the general officer commanding Waziristan Force from 20 November 1923 to 19 October 1924, for which he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 13 March 1925).

[2] He transferred to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in February 1929, whilst attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1929 to 1930, alongside fellow students such as Neil Ritchie, George Erskine, Ivor Hughes, Harold Freeman-Attwood, Herbert Lumsden.

[2] He served in the Second World War, being appointed commanding officer of 7th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in July 1940.

[1][2] After the war he initially became head of the British Military Mission to France and then in 1946 he became chief of staff to Allied Land Forces South East Asia.

The Combined Chiefs of Staff during the Quebec Conference on 23 August 1943. Brigadier Harold Redman is seated seventh on the left.